Figures of Speech and Politicians
"To stop dead in your tracks" is a figure of speech, an idiom that has long been used to describe a sudden stopping of momentum. Dead in your tracks, or his tracks or in their tracks has nothing to do with guns or dead people or people that have been shot by a gun.
Here is an example as to why and how we have "fake news" and the press actually creates a story out of nothing but idiomatic rhetoric. Here is an excerpt from an MSN article regarding Kelly Ward's recent fundraising letter using the idiom.
PHOENIX (AP) — "The head of the Arizona Republican Party faced a backlash Friday after sending a fundraising email that said Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly, who rose to prominence when his wife was shot in the head, will be stopped “dead in his tracks.” MSN.com
As I pointed out above, to stop dead in one's tracks has nothing to do with guns or shooting and yet the article ties the two together to give the impression that Kelly Ward would do something to hurt democratic candidate Mark Kelly. It is a totally false conclusion that they would seek to lead people to.
The so-called "backlash" is the attempt by the "fake news" press to make a sensational story out of nothing. There is no intent by Chairwoman Ward other than to point out the facts of Mark Kelly's intentions to capitalize on his wife's misfortune for his political gain. Kelly has a home in Tucson but is hardly engaged in Arizona's political scene and is a "carpetbagger" as the term describes someone taking residence for political positioning.
The MSN article selectively quotes Arizona Republican Chairwoman Kelly Ward out of context in her use of the phrase when describing the political stance of Mark Kelly, the husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot by a mentally unstable man in 2011.
On the "Rawstory.com" site. The title of the story reads.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/arizona-gop-boss-stop-senate-candidate-e2-80-98dead-in-his-tracks-e2-80-99/ar-AAGX7Gf
Here is an example as to why and how we have "fake news" and the press actually creates a story out of nothing but idiomatic rhetoric. Here is an excerpt from an MSN article regarding Kelly Ward's recent fundraising letter using the idiom.
PHOENIX (AP) — "The head of the Arizona Republican Party faced a backlash Friday after sending a fundraising email that said Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly, who rose to prominence when his wife was shot in the head, will be stopped “dead in his tracks.” MSN.com
As I pointed out above, to stop dead in one's tracks has nothing to do with guns or shooting and yet the article ties the two together to give the impression that Kelly Ward would do something to hurt democratic candidate Mark Kelly. It is a totally false conclusion that they would seek to lead people to.
The so-called "backlash" is the attempt by the "fake news" press to make a sensational story out of nothing. There is no intent by Chairwoman Ward other than to point out the facts of Mark Kelly's intentions to capitalize on his wife's misfortune for his political gain. Kelly has a home in Tucson but is hardly engaged in Arizona's political scene and is a "carpetbagger" as the term describes someone taking residence for political positioning.
The MSN article selectively quotes Arizona Republican Chairwoman Kelly Ward out of context in her use of the phrase when describing the political stance of Mark Kelly, the husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot by a mentally unstable man in 2011.
On the "Rawstory.com" site. The title of the story reads.
"Arizona GOP chair sends out ominous fundraising pitch
against Gabby Giffords’ husband"
There is nothing ominous about the letter. This is "fake news" journalism at its best/worst. By best/worst it means this is a good example of fake news that is hardly real news.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/arizona-gop-boss-stop-senate-candidate-e2-80-98dead-in-his-tracks-e2-80-99/ar-AAGX7Gf
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